Chat Modifications - Dream's Chatbox

This adds a simple Chatbox in your forum home page for your members to chat.

The Chatbox is like a thread, members leave small messages in it for others to see. Think of it as an off-topic thread that never ends. The Chatbox can also help keep chatting out of the threads.

This mod is light on the server, uses little server resources to work. The default refresh rate is set to 5 minutes. You can disable automatic refreshing entirely in the options.

What's the refresh rate? The chatbox updates the messages shown every given seconds, that's the refresh rate. It sends a request to the server asking for new messages every X seconds, that you choose in the options.

Warning: If you set your refresh rate to 10 seconds this mod stops being so server friendly. You can do it, but be sure your server can handle it.


Features:
- Ajax (no page refreshes)
- Pages
- Set refresh rate in seconds
- Hide Chatbox contents from certain user groups
- Set user groups that can't send messages but can view chatbox
- Moderator user groups that can delete messages
- Disable auto refresh for guests
- Prune messages by user ID, user name, days old or all
- Enable/disable smilies, bbcode and [ img ]
- Automatic URL parsing
- Users can delete their own messages
- Smilies popup with all smilies you can use in messages
- Who's Online Support
- Show message dates or not
- User names linked and colored with their user group colors
- Banned Users
- Hide refresh button
- /me code
- Optional message colors
- Bunch of options in the Admin Control Panel

Live Demos: (leave your live demo in this thread!)
http://www.fliz.ru/ (russian)
http://www.sustainabilityforum.com/forum
http://www.virtualorbit.com/
http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum


VERSION HISTORY



This mod is now final. It has all the features I think a chatbox should have, so I won't be adding more features to it. Anyone has my permission to use this as a base for another mod. It will still be updated for bugs though.

[jediteknoman]

Seems like a basic modification but I like it. However how do I make the Chatbox appear on the top in the main forum homepage?

At the moment its appearing on the bottom.

[EUWI]

I am not able to get the date to display when a msg is posted. The time shows up, but no date.

How can I correct this issue?

Thanks

[ausjeepo]

Is there anyway to stop chatbox from appearing in whoes online?

Thanks

[dave9720]

Where is (template edits) Is it in admincp? Thanks Dave

[Lombardo]

Is there a way to add an image like this on dreams chatbox https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=167396


would be greatly appreciated.

[dave9720]

Originally Posted by dave9720

Where is (template edits) Is it in admincp? Thanks Dave

I have the Chatbox in admincp with only 1 option (Delete Messages)
I have 3 Product Plugin ( Chatbox - WOL Support online_location_process,
Chatbox - WOL Support online_location_unknown and Create $chatboxheight forumhome_start )

[Tomo123]

being new to vb I thought I'd install this mod, and I got to say it's fantastic , at first I thought I'd never be able to do but with the clear instructions given I had it set up in 20 mins

Thanks

[dave9720]

Originally Posted by Tomo123

being new to vb I thought I'd install this mod, and I got to say it's fantastic , at first I thought I'd never be able to do but with the clear instructions given I had it set up in 20 mins

Thanks

Can you tell me where you edit your navbar template?

[Lombardo]

Originally Posted by Lombardo

Is there a way to add an image like this on dreams chatbox https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=167396


would be greatly appreciated.

anyonepleased？

[taxidriva]

is it possible to forbid using only certain bb codes on chatbox? like size, quotes, perhaps certain colors etc.?